Translating EU texts made easier — links to resources

Stuck for a term in an EU language? Need background information on the EU and its member countries?
Here's our pick of links you may find useful (for every EU language).

Language resources and useful links

Online dictionaries, glossaries, national sites, …

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Guidelines for contractors

Material to help our contractors produce high-quality translations.

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Language recognition

Our Field guide to the main languages of Europe will help you identify which language a text is written in. You'll know whether Ďakujeme vám za návštevu našej stránky is Czech, Hungarian, Lithuanian — or something else.
Language identifiers

Clear writing — translation quality

How to write clearly — European Commission booklet (all EU languages) [March 2010]
Tips & best practices for translating EU texts: video files from our seminar [March 2011]

Special character sets

Need to type special characters or accents but can't find them on your keyboard? One solution is to copy & paste from here:

Unicode special character sets (the Cyrillic, Greek and Latin sets cover characters from all EU official languages)

Languages, countries and currencies

Language codes for EU languages (639-1)
Country codes for EU countries (ISO 3166)
Country names and currencies